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Arab League to meet on Syria amid US threats

Sun Sep 1, 2013 12:52:51

Arab foreign ministers are due to meet in Cairo to discuss the ongoing Syria crisis as Arab countries are facing public pressure to act against a possible US strike on Syria.

Egyptian forces destroy more Gaza tunnels

Sun Sep 1, 2013 12:04:55

Egyptian security forces have destroyed more tunnels connecting the Gaza Strip and Egypt, used for transferring humanitarian aids to the besieged coastal Strip.

UN chemical report on Syria could take 3 weeks

Sun Sep 1, 2013 10:35:43

Analysis of samples taken by UN inspectors in Syria investigating an alleged use of chemical weapons could take "up to three weeks," the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has said.

Iran MPs meet Assad, condemn attack on Syria

Sun Sep 1, 2013 09:26:02

Visiting Iranian parliamentary delegation have denounced any possible Western strike on Syria during a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.

Philip Hammond: UK won't go to war on Syria

Sun Sep 1, 2013 08:47:31

British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond says his country would not participate in any military action on Syria after Prime Minister David Cameron’s ambitions to attack Syria along US faced deadlock in the parliament.

Obama decides US should attack Syria

Sat Aug 31, 2013 23:05:41

US President Barack Obama said Saturday that he has decided the United States should launch military strikes against Syria after the American intelligence community claimed Damascus used chemical weapons against foreign-backed militants.

US attack on Syria to engulf entire ME: Rafsanjani

Sat Aug 31, 2013 21:54:20

Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani says a potential US strike on Syria will not be limited to the Arab country and would engulf the entire region.

"Iran to hold large-scale maneuver late September"

Sat Aug 31, 2013 21:03:14

A senior Iranian commander says the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army is set to stage a massive military maneuver in late September 2013.

Iran ready to make blazing hell for aggressors: cmdr.

Sat Aug 31, 2013 18:57:45

A senior Iranian commander has warned the Islamic Republic’s enemies against any potential adventurism against the country, saying aggressors will get caught in a blazing inferno.

Saudi King taken to hospital unconscious: activist

Sat Aug 31, 2013 17:53:47

The ailing Saudi King has been taken to hospital unconscious and suffering from shortness of breath after his health deteriorated over midnight, a Saudi activist says.

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